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Hi, I am starting again tomorrow on the total solution plan. I can get in to the diet ok but usually by day 5 I haven't been to the loo and end up coming off the diet so I can get my system moving again. It really does become agonisingly painful. So, the adviceI need does anyone know of a...

Really like the idea of getting a photo to look at to remind me of why I'm doing this. Do you know what weird, I'm a psychiatric nurse and work with my clients on putting together q comfort box of things to do when their mood is low or they feel unsafe, why did I not generate this idea for...

Hi, I'm struggling to keep focussed and wondered what other people did when they found themselves thinking about just eating. I've managed to stay true so far but I don't want to wait until I have well and truly messed up. Tips gratefully received Z

Ooh, I love the chilli soup I find the soups generally more satisfying and when I have them, it looks to my kids like I am having a normal meal - very important infront of kids I think

Me too, I thought they would be q good low cal and carb option for when I just need to crunch something; not so good for the breath though :-)

Hiya, It's a shame you've not had a good loss so far but that will come I'm sure. I'm doing the 810 too and am doing ok - 4lb loss in week 1 and 16 total in just over 1 month. Not sure what others do but I carry veg stock with me, low salt variety and have a cup a soup of that at lunch. I also...

I cook chicken with green veg (sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, celery and onion) in veg stock with curry spices and garlic - totally gorgeous - I keep cooking it until all the water has boiled away - it's replaced my Friday night curry There are a few lovely recipes in the Cambridge cook book...

Hello all Does anyone know if we can eat pickled onions? Spring onions are mentioned on the plan, but not pickled but I know you can use vinegar as a salad dressing. My CWC wasn't sure but couldn't see why not - just wondered if anyone knew. Ta

You've done amazingly well. I'm kind of glad to hear you had some slip-ups because I really think it's how we respond to set backs, rather than how we do when things are going smoothly, that determines longer term success. I still have a way to go but feel determined and enjoy reading the posts...

Ooh, I forgot, I add onion too

Hiya, I'm doing the 810 plan but I'm sure you can eat the following - sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, and celery, all in a pan with boiling water and spices to your taste - I have hot curry powder, chilli, cumin and pepper with the veg stock drink - let the water reduce down til there is none...

I lost 4lbs this week so feel really pleased about that, thanks for your encouragement earlier in the week after my slip up.

I think it's a really good idea. If you tell the gym instructor that does your induction that you mainly want to tone up then they should be able to sort you out a proper program. Someone else posted on another thread that aerobic exercise on this diet doesn't speed up weight loss, but the...

That's pretty much the point; that people get used to drinking low cal drinks without realising that they do impact on, and stimulate the insulin producing system. Won't be as impactful on everyone but it does affect some people. It has been around for a while but I think there is a general push...

Maybe just the sweetener? I really look forward to my coke zero but if I notice a big difference maybe I need to, too

Thanks for that - I am trying to be sensible about my slip yesterday, I didn't binge and got straight back on it today. I also haven't written off the whole week. Have you done this diet before? I did it after the birth of my daughter and lost 6 stone - 4 years on I've regained it all (back...

It referred to all artificial sweeteners so it would do - I was quite shocked

Although I do drink both coke and Dr pepper zero, I think the CWC know it would be better to not drink pop. Sorry to be technical; recent research has suggested that when we drink pop that uses artificial sweetners our body loses the ability to distinguish them from sugar then 2 things happen...

I think I possibly am not drinking enough and also am a bit constipated. My cycles are all over the shop and only seem to have a week off between cycles :-( Will up my water intake. Had a stressful week and felt sorry for myself yesterday so ended up eating a bagel; so I'm now bloated and...

Thanks for that; can't believe I fell off the wagon so soon. Only positive is that I have not binged on bread - as you say, tomorrow is another day......

Hi all I have had a very crap and emotionally draining couple of days at work. Long story short, I've eaten some carbs - a bagel in fact. I wqs in mild ketosis - Does anyone know how long it will take me to get back. Very cross at myself and feel a bit stupid but already decided that I am not...

Hi all I am on week 3 of the 810 plan and have had no loss this week, despite sticking to it. My CWC measured me and I have lost 5.5 inches in 2 weeks so thats good. Anyone else had weeks where they have not lost? Not feeling too despondent because I know there is no way I can take in this...

Also, I had some diet coke at the pub on Friday and was not in ketosis on Saturday morning; I am not one of the lucky ones who don't have to watch out for citric acid in drinks - boooo

Thanks for your replies sweetbunny and lily. Husband was totally in agreement, I think he was just trying to give me a relaxed day. We are now off out for a bike ride after eating my maple and.pecan.porridge (yum) and then.going to watch Oz, the great and powerful. I was having a weak moment :-)

I just wondered if anyone was planning to have a day off tomorrow? I am doing the 810 plan so I can have a meal but we have some Staffordshire oatcakes in the freezer and OH has offered then as breakfast in bed; then realised I cannot have them..... I am on week 3, worried that if I have a day...

Hi, I have bought 8 bottles of Sainsbury's cherry and blackcurrent sparkling water today, it has no citric acid in - yum.

I drink Dr Pepper Zero with no problem. Coke also do a zero cherry coke thats ok. One of the Sainburys sparkling water's is citric acid free but thats the only one I've found for a couple of years. My CWC says that she can tolerate small doses of citric acid and remain in ketosis but that might...

I meant keep each other going!

Hi, I am on week 2 of the 810 plan (mistakenly thought I wqs doing SS+ to start with, d'oh) Good luck. I am finding the meals really good and have made myself the chicken tikka curry from the recipe book three times now - the first time as described and the other times with cauliflower and...

Welcome to the forum and I hope you manage to get to goal; you must have some strong will-power losing 2stone on CC diet- well done. Re telling everyone, I've a similar problem and it frustrates me that people think commenting on a weight loss plan is fair game.

I have only lost 5lbs, that's a 9lb loss overall. I'll not lie, I was a bit disappointed with that, especially as I had weighed myself last Thursday and had, by then, lost 4lbs! Spoke with my CWC who said to weigh myself in the morning - this morning I was 5lb lighter than last night. I knew...

Weigh in again tonight. I think I will have a good loss as I have stuck to the plan and drunk loads of water. I have a dull day of housework ahead of me so have to keep myself away from the fridge. In the past I have eaten through whole packs of cooked meat and not counted it as it was low...

Such a test today - husband had bacon sandwiches for breakfast and we are going into the city centre for a few bits. I need to treat myself whilst they are having lunch so might have a manicure. Must resist the urge to buy books :-)

Just 4lbs on Monday which was day 6 - since then though I have lost a further 6lbs so I think it was an anomalous reading on Monday. Feel pretty good. Have that lovely clean feeling and I m getting used to not feeling stuffed after meals :-)

Weigh in tonight went well; turns out I shouldn't have been eating some of the things I thought I could - green beans (obvious now!), pork :-/ and salmon. I hadn't read my steps properly and was doing what I thought was right. That'll reach me for trying to be a smarty pants. So, 4lb loss this...

Blooming heck, one of my kids wanted to taste my soup and before I could stop her, had dropped a lump of bread in. Think I have fished it out but worried the soup might now be contaminated with Carbs :-D if my loss tonight is not ace, this is the reason why!

So I have a weigh in tonight. I felt lighter yesterday but today feel a bit bloated so will see I guess. I'm not sure what to say to my work colleagues about my weight loss program. We are a team of 5 women who get on really well, but, on the downside we are all opinionated and I believe at...

No you haven't ruined it - obviously don't eat any more biscuits. You may be hungry tomorrow - out of ketosis - and if weighed in the next couple of days your weight loss might be affected by water retention, but not by much. Most important; accept that you ate off plan - not cheated, and don't...

Good for you. I have also had to treat it as a completely new thing because I was getting so cross at myself for gaining the 6stone I had lost - keep in touch and we can keep each other focussed - good luck for tomorrow night. My hubby did ll and loved it. He lost 3st 4 years ago and has kept it...

Not too bad, I have done it previously and this time is harder. I must confess that I developed a few cheats before and I'm having to work hard not to use them - I would only be cheating myself afterall! I tend not to get massive weight loss on week 1 but steadily lose 4lbs each week so I'm...

I just wait for water from the kettle to go off the boil for 5 mins - I think tap water would not be hot enough. Good luck to all you other newbies too, I am on day 5 today, first weigh in tomorrow and am doing ss+

Hi So this is my story. I don't think it is an unusual one and has no great drama but it does speak of why I find myself, aged 41 and 17 stone. I was raised in a working class family and we were poor; like, properly poor with no money for food some days. We never went without but it meant that...

Hi all you re-starters. I am on day 4 second time around and last night I dreamed I was at a buffet but couldn't get to the front of the queue :-) Freud would have a field day with me. It made me remember though that last time I became obsessed with cooking for the kids and it felt like part of...

I did, I was on Maternity leave as I had just had my daughter. I have slowly gained it again after back surgery left me unable to do any exercise. I've tried Exante but struggled to keep focus without the regular supervised weigh-ins. Husband offered to monitor but that way divorce lies :-)...

Hi fellow posters. I am restarting my weight loss journey after losing 6 stone in 2009, and then putting all back on again! I am using Cambridge SS+ - I am feeling really positive and have started whilst I am off work so I can focus and have no excuses. Tips for retaining focus and not telling...